New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-27
IN THE GOLDEN STATE.
TOURISTS CROwDING TIE HOTELS - TIE
BLIND "BOSS"-ANOTHER MEXICAN COL
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SAN Francisco March 26.-The rush of East
ern tourists continues and all the hotels are
crowded Several excursion parties from th'
South arrive daily and more arc reported TO De on
the w;ty. Nothing could be finer than the weauhel
this season. heavy rains in February prOush'
all vegetation forward. The Yosemite Valley Is
now open fully fortnight earlier than usual
Among the wellknown people here now are
Charles Dudley Warner and Mrs. Elizabeth b.
Custer. Mr. Warner expressed surprise at the
cosmopolitan character of San Francisco and at
the many beautiful drives and resorts III The
suburbs of the city, All local dealers In photo
graphic views, curiosities, jewelry, etc, report
large sales to these tourists, who furnish s'lons
contrast in lberality of expenditures to previous
Eastern excursion parties.
Superior Court Judge Hunt has decided tha'
ex-IIarbor Commissioners KNIGHT and oiihuih9
must pay the amount of the Declarations oil john
S. Gray and j. J. O'Brien by which the state ioN0
over SlOO, 700. Gray was sent 10 state irlSoh'
but was recently pardoned by Cleveland obHeh
has had four uils but has thus far escaped con
v1ction. The Judge holds the Commissioners here
1csItlsihlc for Tie acts of their subofd'mtcN rs
their own failure to pay into the treasury the
funds as Trey were received gave the opportunity
for these lar c detalcati1ns. Handing is the man
PRESIDENT Cey Gland selected the Superintendent
Of tic Soldic.s' Hcmc in tbs city nstcaG OF J'mcs
A. Wavmirc who is n veteran and RepuOncsb
WaymiIc did more than any other man to make
the veterans home here success, while Biah'''i(
never took thc slightest interest in 1t.
The trial of Goldcnson, the young murderer has
dragged alon through the entire week. Inc
chief features have been the Introduction OF med
cal eXpets to establish the insanity of the cilmi
nal. and long hypothetical quest ave pech
submitted TO these experts which recalled t''c
famous quest ions which Scott Lord used 90 pro
round to witnesses III the Vanderbilt viii case.
San Franciscos blind "boss~ Buckley intends
shortly TO 20 TO EuroIe fer medical treatment io'
his ewes lie can DISTINGUISH between liht ana
darkness liz malay beng atro ny OF the op'ic
nerve and New York specialists have gwen BUCK
lev hope OF having his sight restored by lor'lsD
experts. Buckley, blind as he Is has peeh Iiloi'
than "a ma ell for Lis opponents In lhIS cl'y' NE
latest = hievemeat Was the election Of the Demo
cratic LEGISLATORS from San Francisco who secure"
the return of George Hearst to the United states
senate.
Several months a"o the local butchers m'co
in an endcavor 10 run out the ChlhcSe u'"l0is
no,},. Heretofore the wholesale pork trade had
bo,n wholly in the har.!s of the Clhnc~c. For a
time the movement was successful but lately DIS
sessions arose among the butchers and the Chinese
l,ve lcrnncd control of the traffic in hoes
The will Of Cha,les Lux bequeaths s6'eoo 10
various local charities. The bulk of ms estate
,ft 70 his widow and on her death it passes to his
nephew Philip Lux.
The notorious ship Gathcrer seldom arrives IL
This rort without Complaints of brutal treatment
OF her seamcn Two exOihcers are now III "a"
Quentin and the S. rcnd mate WHO succeeded cue
week sent TO JAIL lNl
three mon rs for kicking sailor about the nc"'
20 that he lost his hearing.
Matthias CRY, a pioneer dealer in musical in
stulmcnts. died tins week OF paralysis "f lhc
brain. His music store was favoilte resort o.
actors and s.pgcrs He was very chantaole. ara
az Trustee Of the British Benevolent Society aideo
nam, ,vbr were in distressed circumstances
Contain James McQuestion, who has been ioI
several wears IN the cnploy Of the Alaska Noii.'
m,rcial Company, confirms the OTTAWA o'SiF"c"
"a T,r runrvE that the American miners nave.
boeu v,c1lI.c pIaCcl digeings OF the upper YUKON
in British territory, lie says that 1"iiy louf nun
dr6d miners, including many Chinese W"Nheu o''
c,Jd l,.t scascn on the Stewart klVef' ana t'cS
took ont not less than $4,000. There was h'
soc,ct made CT the fact that Tie mines WIRE AZ
British territory
Dr Co-s,ycn has formally hecdcd several large
ncces of property to COgsScl Polytechnic Colea'
and appointed trustees, among whom arc MeS''S
lIop<ns. the railroad millionaire ana lioi""'
b Bishop leading lawyer Noik VIII DC DI7
of once On the college buildings Whch WIZ y,
,a1 on 1,yenty-sixthst., between 1ieat ano
folsom SIS.
nv ue last steamer from sidney came two
,horouol,bred racers from Australia thdU are u "
80 a.,,,nst California dyers in coming events
E rho trcl one is a thrce,ycaf-cH cot cuico
I,,c B,uon, and the other t"o-lc"'oio il"ii''O
Goll>Lrough IT. Both have eAccheh' p''i7ie''
and records.
Another Mexi-an colonization scheme Is at'r"c'
mo much attention here 1t Is Tie lh'crh'''o D n"
Company of Mexico which has secured IoH Me-,
s,ors Of Cu.UOo,OOO acres in various parts Oh NiI
leo. but which proposes to begin opei".r'iS ~
foundln. colony IN Lower CaiiloiH''' lin h,
-, a.. 400 600 acres and It's capital Will D'
Santos Bay,